Let Him Have It

[Samoan]

Christopher Eccleston plays Derek Bentley, the victim of a miscarriage of justice which leads him to the gallows, despite mass public appeal, over the miscomprehension by the law over the words "Let him have it!".
A true life story depicted in a 1991 film, the fatal shooting of a police officer is the work of one of his no-good gang member pals. Tom Courtenay and Eileen Atkins play his caring and protective parents as 19 year old Derek is epileptic and has been deemed of low IQ.

[Tom Waits For No One]

[C]

Christopher Eccleston plays Derek Bentley, the victim of a miscarriage of justice which leads him to the gallows, despite mass public appeal, over the miscomprehension by the law over the words "Let him have it!".
A true life story depicted in a 1991 film, the fatal shooting of a police officer is the work of one of his no-good gang member pals. Tom Courtenay and Eileen Atkins play his caring and protective parents as 19 year old Derek is epileptic and has been deemed of low IQ.

Thanks - coincidentally I was telling my son about this yesterday when we were talking about 'accessories to a crime'



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[ChrisB]

Thanks - coincidentally I was telling my son about this yesterday when we were talking about 'accessories to a crime'



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Getting your stories straight?

[Samoan]

[C]

I must get around to watching it.

I was around when it happened - almost, within a few months, but I recall my dad talking about it for years....!

Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Bentley




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